Crichton's work combines thrilling plots with detailed research, making his novels feel like movies or video games. His ...

How Michael Crichton’s widow Sherri got James Patterson to finish ‘Eruption’ Novelist Michael Crichton never talked much about his works in progress, says his widow Sherri Crichto… ...

Sherri Crichton says "two of the most powerful storytellers of our time" came together in the Michael Crichton-James Patterson book, "Eruption." ...

Sherri Crichton says "two of the most powerful storytellers of our time" came together in the Michael Crichton-James Patterson book, "Eruption." ...

James Patterson finishes Michael Crichton’s book, with explosive results “Eruption,” trailing clouds of publicity, is the summer’s ultimate literary mashup.

Sony Pictures has hired writers Kaz Firpo and Ryan Firpo to adapt Eruption, the New York Times bestseller from Michael ...

Eruption, a new novel from Michael Crichton (and finished by James Patterson), has become a bestseller 16 years after Crichton's death.

Sherri and Michael Crichton in Hawaii in 2002. When author and director Michael Crichton died of cancer in 2008 at age 66, his widow Sherri was pregnant with their son, John Michael Todd Crichton.

Michael Crichton's thriller about a massive volcanic eruption in Hawaii was unfinished when the "Jurassic Park" author died in 2008; more than 15 years later, James Patterson, the bestselling ...